Human Companionship, Human Drain

started 1980, published 1981

Bruce Nauman

Artist, American, born 1941

Anthony Zepeda

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Christine Fox

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on Rives BFK wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Gemini G.E.L. and the Artist

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 76.2 x 56 cm (30 x 22 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1988.74.36.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cordes 1989, no. 46

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Associated Artworks

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Lily Scent

Yasutoshi Ishibashi, Gemini G.E.L., Robert Rauschenberg, Anthony Zepeda, Krystine Graziano, Alan Holoubek

1981

Cicada

Gemini G.E.L., Jasper Johns, Chris Sukimoto, Christine Fox

1981

Saint Martin Tropical Plant

Ellsworth Kelly, Yasutoshi Ishibashi, Joseph Corso, Krystine Graziano, Gemini G.E.L.

1981

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, California; acquired 1988 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 958.

1989

  • Cordes, Christopher. Bruce Nauman: Prints 1970-89. New York: Castelli Graphics, 1989, p. 122, no. 46.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 36.20. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: National Gallery B Nauman 81; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: BN80-946

Markings

embossed lower right: © [Gemini G.E.L.]; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: © Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles

Wikidata ID

Q74881691

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